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Sam_uk

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Computers, Robots, Climate, Agriculture

JonEFive,

This got me thinking a bit, and I had this whole long post written out. Turns out someone else had a very similar idea to what I was about to discuss regarding public/private keys:

https://aumetra.xyz/posts/fediverse-nomadic-identities#introduction

This approach is interesting because I was thinking that you would need a trusted server to host the public certificate. But maybe that isn't the case so long as you keep a copy of your public key. As long as you have your private key, you would always have proof that a post made using your public key was from you. Even if someone tried to impersonate you, they wouldn't be able to sign a post with your private key, which means they wouldn't be able to link their profile to your account. Your public key certificate effectively becomes your identity and your private key signature is your "password" proof that you are the person associated with that public key.

If your main instance goes down, you could use your keys to create an account on another instance (assuming that's permitted). Or you can create other accounts like the article describes.

On its own, this keeps your identity intact, but not your post history. It could be designed that your account on one instance references your account on all the other instances it knows about where you have an account. Then a post history could display data from multiple servers, or at least link back to your profile on your other servers.

But if a server goes offline, your posts do too. I just don't think there's a great way to manage that.

cmnybo,

An Orange Pi 5 Plus would work well for a small web server and some storage.
It’s got an 8 core CPU, 16GB of RAM, dual 2.5G ethernet, an M.2 slot for an NVMe SSD, and 2 USB 3 ports.

tobeB, to climate

The physical reality doesn’t make compromises. So we have to become emission free by the year that it takes to prevent the worst from happening. That’s why Letzte Generation demands to be emission free by 2030, because it’s absolutely necessary, and we cannot continue emitting until 2050.

https://time.com/6294961/germany-last-generation-climate-activism/

Putin wants to attend an August summit. Host country South Africa doesn't want to have to arrest him (news.yahoo.com)

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to attend an economic summit in South Africa next month and the country is desperately trying to persuade him to stay away to avoid the legal and diplomatic fallout over his international arrest warrant, South Africa’s deputy president said in an interview with a news website on Friday....

nbailey,
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AP, unless the article is about a protest

Aljazeera, unless the article is about Qatar

Reuters, unless the article is about non-G20 countries

BBC, unless the article is about the UK

CBC, unless the article is about Canada

phaedrux_pharo,

www.improvethenews.org

This is a free news aggregator and news analysis site developed by a group of researchers at MIT and elsewhere to improve your access to trustworthy news. Many website algorithms push you (for ad revenue) into a filter bubble by reinforcing the narratives you impulse-click on. By understanding other people’s arguments, you understand why they do what they do – and have a better chance of persuading them.

Arotrios,
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Holy shit that's awesome. This may become my goto when linking stories to the Fediverse.

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